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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Li Shenron" data-source="post: 6266254" data-attributes="member: 1465">I would probably start by considering real-life analogies, but there is more than one. For instance, is a Fighter more similar to a real-life soldier/military? To a martial artist? To a fencing sport athlete? What do they have in common?I would start from the commonalities, and let instead what is not common be optional. E.g. your "Campaigning" suggestion is very appropriate for the solider, but not for the martial artist. Thus I would not want this to be a default ability of all Fighters, but only those who represent the more narrow concept of guard/militia/troops. Hence optional: it can definitely be a subclass feature for example. If it's a base class feature, it implies that every Fighter knows battle tactics, and that restricts the class to a narrowed archetype."Evaluate combatant" is fine, but it's still an in-combat use! Sure it can be used to avoid combat, but the subject is still combat.OTOH the other 4 are all good ideas IMO! Basically what all those fighters have in common, is that they all train their body and mind for defense against danger, whether that means avoidance, withstanding/resilience or offense (either preemptively or as a counter). The latter is a bit trickier to think out-of-combat, but avoidance and resilience can with some stretch apply to anything harmful or dangerous, including socially. Maybe the Fighter develops a general "hunch" or "sixth sense" against dangers of all sorts, e.g. is good at sensing when someone around has harmful intentions, not just because they might attack you, but also because they might be lying, cheating, betraying, deceiving, doing something illegal, or they have a plan against you. Avoidance could be generalized into an ability to "see it coming" in a variety of context.Then of course also resilience can be seen vs a wide range of non-combat danger or discomfort: poison, pain, weather, cold/hot temperature, lack of water/food, lack of sleep, fatigue, concetrated or extended physical and mental efforts, anything requiring concentration or willpower... Anyone undergoing military training, martial arts training or sports training is going to improve at all these!</blockquote>

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